meditamentum

Latin

Etymology

meditor (“to consider, prepare”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.di.taːˈmen.tum/, [mɛd̪ɪt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.taˈmen.tum/, [med̪it̪äˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

meditāmentum n (genitive meditāmentī); second declension

1. preparation, exercises
   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 4.26:

     ibi struenda acie, muniendo vallandoque et ceteris belli meditamentis militem firmabant

     There they improved the morale of their soldiers by drilling them in battle formation, by having them erect fortifications and a palisade, and by all other forms of military training

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meditāmentum	meditāmenta
Genitive	meditāmentī	meditāmentōrum
Dative	meditāmentō	meditāmentīs
Accusative	meditāmentum	meditāmenta
Ablative	meditāmentō	meditāmentīs
Vocative	meditāmentum	meditāmenta

References

• “meditamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meditamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meditamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.